Adventures in video games

In this week's InfoWorld column, I write about my "discovery" of online gaming: Online gaming systems such as Xbox Live provide an extremely rich collaboration environment that CTOs should be watching closely.

The first time you hear someone somewhere else in the world yelling at you live in an online game from the speakers in your living room TV. . . well, it's one of those moments like your first cell phone call or your first e-mail.

More Bluetooth howto

Responding to my Bluetooth column, Glenn Fleishman sent me an e-mail suggesting a book he co-authored (The Wireless Networking Starter Kit (2nd Edition)) as another reference for tackling Bluetooth configuration issues, noting that the book:

. . . has illustrated step-by-step instructions on pairing OS X with a Bluetooth phone, among other things. (We have a really detailed chapter on getting Wi-Fi and Palm OS *and* Windows Mobile 2003 to work together.

Glenn knows wireless, so I'm sure the book is quite useful. You can buy it as a regular book or PDF (or even a much less expensive PDF if you already own the book -- a nice touch.)

RSS Winterfest: Enterprise RSS Applications

I'm participating on a panel at the RSS Winterfest with Robert Scoble of Microsoft on Thursday from 9:30-10:25am PT. (The event is all online and the sign-up is free.)

The title of the panel is "Enterprise Applications for Weblogs and Content Syndication Technologies." The description provided for the discussion is:

A look at commercial applications, the effects Microsoft will have on the market, and what decision makers should be thinking about when deciding to integrate Weblogs and content syndication technologies into the enterprise.

With the description out of the way, what would you like to hear us discuss? In the spirit of the topics, this will ultimately be a conversation, with a more formal 15 minute Q&A session at the end of the initial 45-minute discussion:

We will have a live wiki with an RSS feed where people can post, network, etc. We will aggregate Weblogs to post what people are saying about what is presented, what the speakers are discussing and what people are commenting about in the wiki or on the RSS-User group list. [from the RSS Winterfest site]

Drop me an e-mail with your thoughts (or better, post on your own weblog and I'll link back to you).